1 John 4:20
If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19We love him, because he first loved us.
21And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:8Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,
1 John 2:4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.
1 John 2:11But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 4:12No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:18-21
The Divine Love. ( a. d. 80.) 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this… Read the whole commentary →